A graduate of the Tisch School of Arts, USA, Gregory Jacobs is an American producer, director, and screenwriter. As an assistant director, he has worked with some of the most notable filmmakers of Hollywood including the Coen Brothers, Richard Linklater, and Steven Soderbergh. As a producer, his movie credits include Before Sunrise (1995), Ocean's 12 (2004), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), The Girlfriend Experience (2013), Cars 3 (2017), and Lucky Logan (2017).

In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the movie Criminal and has since then directed the movies Wind Chill (2007), and Magic Mike XXL (2015).